History Of A Blog

The blog word came from the online diary that people used to keep store their memories in the form of text.

They were called diarists, journalists, or journalers(now they called Blogger).

Justin Hall(an American journalist and entrepreneur), who began personal blogging in 1994 while a student at Swarthmore College, is generally recognized as one of the earlier bloggers, as is Jerry Pournelle.

Another early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person’s personal life combining text, digital video, and digital pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site in 1994.

So, What is a Blog?

According to Wikipedia:

A blog is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (“posts”). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page.

In simple words, A blog is a place on the World Wide Web which is used for sharing knowledge about any certain topic or product.

It used for helping people about any certain topic and businesses use blog for guiding their customers about their products.

A blog is a place where an individual can share his knowledge, skills, and experience to their users and make them knowledgeable.

For example, a blog on blogging niche shares knowledge and tutorials about blogging, affiliate marketing and how to start a blog.

I have seen many bloggers who write about their day to day life and their travel experience etc.

Blog Vs Website: Difference

People still wonder about the difference between a Blog and a Website…

Do you think they both are similar?

NO! both are not similar…

A blog needs to update on a regular basis, like a blog on Blogging niche like StayMeOnline needs to update with new blogging tips and other topic related to blogging periodically.

On the other hand, A Website represents the products and services of a company. Website owner rarely updates their website pages.

A blog page(blog post) has author name, date, and users can comment and ask their queries. But in website pages, there is no element available like this.

What Is Blogging?

Blogging is a process of managing a blog, whatever action comes under a blog called Blogging. Be it the process of a writing blog post, managing and replying comments, sharing content across the internet, internal linking old blog post to new ones or building backlinks.

Whatever you do for your blog called Blogging.

Let’s take an example to understand Blogging more deeply…

There is a boy and his name is Mr X (assume) and he loves cooking. he always teaches his friends and family members about his new dishes and recipes.

One day he came to know about Blogging and he decides to start a blog about the cooking. He started a blog and started writing about new dishes that he cooks every day.

Blogging is incredible, Blogging is something which gives you the power to live your life and let you help others to make their life happy.

Blogging gives you the power to reach the world and share your knowledge with others.

For Promoting Products and Services: Companies uses a blog to promote their products and services.

Blogging is the cheapest method for promoting products and services. As above I showed you, the more you blog the more traffic you will get.

If you write SEO-friendly content that Google loves, you may get good rank in Search engine result pages.

Apparently, you will get traffic and that traffic will convert into leads and sales.

Sharing Knowledge To World: Blogging is the best way to share your knowledge(you are expert in) to the online world.

Individuals are using the blog for sharing their knowledge to other people and help them in the topic you are expert in.

For example, You are a blogger of a tech blog, who writes reviews about the latest mobile phones. So, you are helping people who want to buy that mobile and researching online. they came on your post and read your blog post.

After reading, they have a clear idea of whether they should buy or not.

79% of online shoppers spend 50% of their shopping time researching products online, according to HubSpot.

A Blog Can Make Money: Blogging is getting more popular because people can make money too from their blog using AdSense, Affiliate Marketing and other sources.

Can A Blog Really Make Money?

YES, definitely!

In fact, bloggers are making money from their blog. They are working from their home with the help of a laptop and a stable internet connection.

Ravi Dixit

Ravi Dixit is a Blogger and Affiliate Marketer, He is the founder of StayMeOnline Who Loves to help others.
Travelling and learning new things online are his first love.
"I only want a life without any boundaries- Ravi Dixit"

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